Traction drum or roller.



N0. 682,239. Patented Sept. l0, I90l.

J. J. CHATTAWAY.

TRACTION DRUM 0R ROLLER. (A umm filed :31; 7, 190:.

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JOHN J. OIIATTAVVAY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM A. FORCE, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACTION DRUM OR ROLLER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 682,239, dated September 10, 1901.

Application filed January 7,1901. Serial No. 42,392- (N motlelrl T all whom it may concern: tion or collar, as shown at c, Fig. 2. The

Be it known that I, JOHN J. OHATTAWAY, a slight points or projections to, Fig. 3, press citizen of the United States, residing in the into the rubber drum and prevent it from city of NewYork, borough of Brooklyn, in the slipping or having a lateral motion. 1 con- 5 county of Kings, State of New York, have insider this a great improvement over the presvented a certain new and useful Improveent style of manufacturing these drums for ment in Traction Drums or Rollers which are the reason that in the present mode of mak- Used in the Construction of Hand Rubbering them the rubber drum Bis fastened to the Band Dating-Stamps, of which the following metal plate or flange A simply by means of I0 is a specification. brads or nails. My device enables the drum My inventionrelates toanew and improved to be built more strongly and quickly, and method of constructing these drums or rollers, in addition the metal tube O allows the drum and this method of construction may of to revolve on its shaft with less friction than course be used in constructing drums other is caused by the present method of simply 15 than for use in hand rubber-band datinghaving the shaft pass through a hole in the stamps. rubber drum. My method also enables the In all hand-stamps having endless rubber rubber drum to wear much longer. bands on which are characters for printing, What I claim as new, and desire to secure dating, &c., it is necessary to have the bands by Letters Patent, is-

. 20 pass over aroller or drum anda bridge. The 1. A traction drum or roller for use in an rollers or drums are provided with aplate A, endless-band dating-stamp or other device, having a corrugated rim a,Figure 1, so that by consisting of a metal plate A'to which is fasturning the rim with-the fingers the drum is tened a rubber drum B by means of a metal revolved, thus moving the endless band contube Opassing through drum B and plate A 25 taining the printing characters. and turned over at the end 0 and projections In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a a to prevent lateral motion substantially as top or front View of a traction drum or roller shown and specified.

complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same 2.. A means of fastening a rubber tractioncut through the center. Fig. 3 is a top View drum B to a metal plate A consisting of a 30 of the metal plate or flange, showing slight metal tube Ohaving aflange, said metal tube projections or points a. Fig. 4 is a View of O passing through the drum B at b and the under side of the metal plate or flange. through the plate A at a and clenched on the Fig. 5 is a view of the rubber drum or roller. under side at c and projections a to prevent Fig. 6 is a view of a brass or other metal tube. lateral motion substantially as shown and 35 My improvement consists in the manner in specified.

which the rubber drum B is fastened to the In testimony whereof I affix my signature, metal frame or flange A. It is fastened by in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day means of a thin brass or other metal tube or of January, 1901. long eyelet O, on one end of which is a projecr 40 tionor collar, as showninFig. 6. The tubeO JOHN CHATTANAX' passes through the hole I) in the rubber drum \Vitnesses: B and through the plate or flange A at co and WM. E. VVARLAND, is then turned over, forming a slight projec- CHARLES WILLIAMs. 

